Don Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera
On 29 October 1787 Don Giovanni premiered in Prague. It is a punishment-opera, not a criminal code. In the causal graph this event weakens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.
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On 29 October 1787 Don Giovanni premiered in Prague. It is a punishment-opera, not a criminal code. Da Ponte is the book. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's documented role is: He wrote a dramma giocoso of a rapist dragged down. Prague's estate theatre staged; it is theatre, not a statute.
Context
The Estates Theatre is the house. Sharing the night with that city is required. The setting of Don Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera is the public file around 1787-10-29. Driver justice-judicial-independence-erosion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Improving path from Don Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera on 1787-10-29. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.52 · verified
He wrote a dramma giocoso of a rapist dragged down. Prague's estate theatre staged; it is theatre, not a statute.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactDon Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera
- weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
- strengthensIndicators (4)Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score
impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 29 October 1787 · verified
- Better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.29 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.72)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.7)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.69)
Observed
0.62 score from 0 to 1 · 0.25 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.37 score from 0 to 1 to 0.62 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
- Better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.12 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.3)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Don GiovanniEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Digital Mozart Edition — early tours neighbourhoodInternationale Stiftung Mozarteum · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Britannica — Don Giovanni at https://www.britannica.com/topic/Don-Giovanni-opera-by-Mozart (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Digital Mozart Edition — Don Giovanni at https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab) (Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum). Official carrier: Britannica — Don Giovanni (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Don-Giovanni-opera-by-Mozart (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Digital Mozart Edition — Don Giovanni (https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/ (opens in a new tab); Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum).
Established: a sourced public record of Don Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera under 1787-10-29 for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Established: a sourced public record of Don Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera under 1787-10-29.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Don Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera are separate paths.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Shared responsibility is part of Don Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera. Naming Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1787-10-29 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- contributed toFactDon Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera
- weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
- strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score
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Factrail. (2026). Don Giovanni premieres in Prague in 1787 as a dated public punishment-opera. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/moz-don-giovanni-1787
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